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Latest Fact-Checks In Supreme Court

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Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on April 15, 2016
Says Merrick Garland "authored an opinion that resulted in the release of 17 Guantanamo Bay prisoners who were part of a group of violent Islamist extremists the State Department had designated as terrorists."
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By Cassie Owens • June 7, 2016
Mark Herring
Mark Herring
stated on March 10, 2016 a letter
"Every (U.S. Supreme Court) nominee since 1875 has received a nomination hearing."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • March 20, 2016
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on February 16, 2016 a press release
Blocking a U.S. Supreme Court nomination during the remaining months of President Obama’s term "would leave the nation’s highest court with an unprecedented year-long vacancy."
Mostly False
By Clay Wirestone • February 19, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 14, 2016 on ABC's "This Week"
Says "the one person (Donald Trump) has suggested that would make a good justice is his sister, who is a court of appeals judge appointed by Bill Clinton. She is a hardcore pro-abortion liberal judge."
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By Lauren Carroll • February 16, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 13, 2016 a debate in Greenville, S.C.
"It has been over 80 years since a lame-duck president appointed a Supreme Court justice."
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By Amy Sherman • February 14, 2016
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 14, 2015 a campaign proposal
Says he will pursue change in federal law to protect employees from "extortion from a union" because "the Supreme Court has ruled that federal prohibitions outlawing extortion usually do not apply to unions."  
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September 17, 2015
David Ralston
David Ralston
stated on July 13, 2015 an interview
There is debate among constitutional scholars about whether the First Amendment will continue to protect faith leaders from being forced to perform marriages against their religious beliefs.
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By Nancy Badertscher • August 12, 2015
Rafael Cruz
Rafael Cruz
stated on July 31, 2015 an interview with the Austin American-Statesman
"Prior to 1962, everybody prayed before school started," and "the Bible was the principal textbook in all schools."
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By Anna Bruzgulis • August 10, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on June 28, 2015 an interview with NPR News
Says states not directly involved in the gay marriage lawsuits that reached the Supreme Court "are not bound" by the court’s ruling.
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 31, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on June 29, 2015 an interview on NPR
The Supreme Court’s views "are radically out of step with public opinion" regarding its decision to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide.
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • July 1, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on May 24, 2015 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
The Supreme Court "can’t overrule the other two" branches of government.  
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By Lauren Carroll • May 29, 2015
Greater Wisconsin Committee
Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on March 30, 2015 a radio ad
An April 7, 2015 referendum would take "the choice of chief justice" of the Wisconsin Supreme Court "away from the people."
Mostly False
April 3, 2015
Alcee Hastings
Alcee Hastings
stated on February 5, 2015 an interview with CNN
One Texas city "has a law that says that women can only have six dildos."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Steve Contorno • February 9, 2015
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on July 22, 2014 an interview with a Las Vegas news network
"There were 36 states where Republicans who were in charge refused to implement a state (health insurance) exchange."
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By Molly O'Connor • July 24, 2014
Dean Cannon
Dean Cannon
stated on November 16, 2010 a speech
The Florida Supreme Court has "no express authority in the Florida Constitution" to remove questions from the ballot proposed by the Legislature.  
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By Amy Sherman • November 18, 2010
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on May 16, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
Elena Kagan "violated the law of the United States at various points" with her opposition to military recruiters.
Mostly False
May 16, 2010
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 27, 2010 the State of the Union address
"Last week, the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests – including foreign corporations – to spend without limit in our elections."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 28, 2010
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on January 21, 2010 a press conference
"With a stroke of a pen, the (U.S. Supreme Court) decided to overrule the 100-year-old ban on corporate expenditures."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 22, 2010
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 26, 2009 his radio program
Sotomayor "ruled against the white firefighter — Ricci and other white firefighters — just on the basis that she thought women and minorities should be given a preference because of their skin color and because of the history of discrimination in the past. The law was totally disregarded."
Mostly False
May 28, 2009
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